The latest from NASA's Earth Observatory (06 January 2015) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Latest Images: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/ * Plume from the Fraser River http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=85028&src=eoa-iotd * Floating Forests Revealed http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=85023&src=eoa-iotd * Stable Fedchenko http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=84996&src=eoa-iotd * Progreso's Prolonged Pier http://ear ...Continue Reading

var addthis_config = addthis_config||{}; //addthis_config.services_exclude = 'facebook'; // Needed so that the preferred buttons don't show a duplicate Facebook share option January 6, 2015 * NASA Administrator, Media Tour Bally, Pa. Advanced Materials Manufacturer Jan. 9 *  Bally Ribbon Mills in Bally, Pa., has developed a 3D continuous weaving method that produces multi-layer textiles for a wide range of applications, including the critical thermal protection systems for NASA's Orion spacecraft. Ima ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2015 Jan 06 0030 UTC # Prepared jointly by the U.S. Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, # Space Weather Prediction Center and the U.S. Air Force. # Joint USAF/NOAA Solar Region Summary SRS Number 6 Issued at 0030Z on 06 Jan 2015 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 05 Jan I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 05/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2251 S13W60 045 0070 Dao 07 03 Beta 2252 S19W41 026 0010 Hax 01 01 Alpha 2253 S07W18 0 ...Continue Reading

var addthis_config = addthis_config||{}; //addthis_config.services_exclude = 'facebook'; // Needed so that the preferred buttons don't show a duplicate Facebook share option January 5, 2015 * NASA’s Chandra Detects Record-Breaking Outburst from Milky Way’s Black Hole *  Chandra observations of the Perseus and Virgo galaxy clusters suggest turbulence may be preventing hot gas there from cooling, addressing a long-standing question of galaxy clusters do not form large numbers of stars. Image Credit: NAS ...Continue Reading

var addthis_config = addthis_config||{}; //addthis_config.services_exclude = 'facebook'; // Needed so that the preferred buttons don't show a duplicate Facebook share option January 5, 2015 * Student Scientists Persevere, Ready to Launch Experiments to Space Station * Students will look to the skies this week when SpaceX's fifth commercial resupply services (CRS) mission to the International Space Station lifts off at 6:18 a.m. EST Tuesday, Jan. 6, from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. SpaceX's ...Continue Reading

var addthis_config = addthis_config||{}; //addthis_config.services_exclude = 'facebook'; // Needed so that the preferred buttons don't show a duplicate Facebook share option January 5, 2015 * NASA Statement on GAO Decision to Deny Commercial Crew Contract Protest *  Image Credit: NASA  NASA issued the following statement in response to the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) decision to deny a protest Sierra Nevada Corp., of Louisville, Colorado, filed Sept. 26, 2014, challenging the a ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 7 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (2 updated events, 2 new images) -- BUSHFIRE IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA High temperatures and strong winds fueled destructive wildfires near Adelaide, Australia, in January 2015. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=85020&src=nha *** Image from Jan 03, 2015 (Posted on Jan 05, 2015 10:06 AM) OIL FIRE, LIBYA An oil fire in As Sidr sent plumes of thick plumes ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 3 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- BUSHFIRE IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA High temperatures and strong winds fueled destructive wildfires near Adelaide, Australia, in January 2015. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=85020&src=nha *** Image from Jan 03, 2015 (Posted on Jan 05, 2015 10:06 AM) -- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- SNOW IN THE U. ...Continue Reading

var addthis_config = addthis_config||{}; //addthis_config.services_exclude = 'facebook'; // Needed so that the preferred buttons don't show a duplicate Facebook share option January 5, 2015 * NASA Announces Briefing on New Mission to Track Water in Earth’s Soil *  Artist’s rendering of NASA's Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) spacecraft in orbit.Image Credit: NASA  NASA will hold a media briefing at 2 p.m. EST Thursday, Jan. 8, in the James E. Webb Auditorium at NASA Headquarters in Washington ...Continue Reading

Official Space Weather Advisory issued by NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center Boulder, Colorado, USA SPACE WEATHER ADVISORY OUTLOOK #15-1 2015 January 4 at 6:20 p.m. MST (2015 January 5 0120 UTC) **** SPACE WEATHER OUTLOOK **** Summary For December 29-January 4 G1 (minor) geomagnetic storm levels were reached on 29 December 2014 and again on 03 and 04 January 2015. This was due to prolonged periods of southward interplanetary magnetic field Bz associated with high speed solar winds from a pair of negativ ...Continue Reading